Thursday, July 8, 2010

Who uses location-based apps?


Here's a funny view of who uses Twitter and location-based marketing, that I mostly agree with:

Let's dwell on that for a moment: Urban hipsters (and de facto tech early adopters) want the world to care where they are at any given moment, and marketers are being told that it matters. But consider the average daily life of an average American, which might not involve prideful trips to the new "it" bar or hot party or recently opened boutique. I'm thinking it's more like: back and forth to work, one weekly trip to Walmart, a couple trips to the Shop-Rite, a stop at Walgreens to pick up a tube of antifungal cream, a back-and-forth to the mall multiplex on Friday night, a back-and-forth to the kids' soccer practice Saturday morning, etc.

The full article is pretty interesting though, check it out here.

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